Demons of the Mind – 1972

A Hammer production in association with Frank Godwin Productions Ltd., released through MGM-EMI Film Distributors Limited
Copyright MCMLXXI Hammer Film Productions Limited – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate

The characters and incidents portrayed and the name, used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

RCA Sound System
Made at EMI-MGM EIstree Studios, Hertfordshire, England
Technicolor 89 mins

Storyline

1830: Baron Zorn believes his family to be tainted with insanity and keeps his son, Emil, and daughter, Elizabeth, under lock and key at the castle. But Elizabeth has escaped and has met medical student Carl Richter, who has fallen in love with her. When she is recaptured and taken back to her confinement, Carl sets off on her trail, determined to find her again. Meanwhile, when Emil, a dangerous psychotic, murders a local girl, the outraged villagers, egged on by a fanatical priest, vow to rid themselves of the ‘demon’ in their midst. It is the beginning of the tragic and bloody downfall of the Zorn dynasty.

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ast. Art Director	Bill Brodie	41	24 Aug 1931		22 Mar 2002	70	1		1
Ast. Director	Ted Morley	38	1934		2004	69	3		3
Camera Operator	Neil Binney	41	1 Jun 1931	01.06.1931		91	17	10	27
Casting Director	James Liggat	52	1 Jan 1920		28 Sep 1981	61	29	2	31
Construction Manager	Bill Greene						9		9
Continuity	Gladys Goldsmith	46	1926		1979	52	6		6
Designer	Michael Stringer	48	26 Jul 1924		7 Mar 2004	79	1		1
Director	Peter Sykes	33	17 Jun 1939		1 Mar 2006	66	2	1	3
Director of Photog.	Arthur Grant BSc	57	1915		1972	56	30		30
Dubbing Mixer	Len Abbott						4	1	5
Editor	Chris Barnes	34	1 Jan 1938		5 Jun 2009	71	21	12	33
Hairdressing	Maud Onslow						4		4
Make-up	Trevor Crole-Rees	54	29 Aug 1918		Oct 1982	64	1		1
Music Composer	Harry Robertson	39	19 Nov 1932		17 Jan 1996	63	26		26
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	65	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Original Story	Christopher Wicking	29	10 Jan 1943		13 Oct 2008	65	3		3
Original Story	Frank Godwin	55	23 Jun 1917		6 Sep 2012	95	3		3
Producer	Frank Godwin	55	23 Jun 1917		6 Sep 2012	95	3		3
Production Manager	Christopher Neame	29	24 Dec 1942		12 Jun 2011	68	15	9	24
Production Supervisor	Roy Skeggs	38	1 Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	1	46
Recording Director	A.W. Lumkin	59	1 Feb 1913		25 Oct 1985	72	30		30
Screenplay	Christopher Wicking	29	10 Jan 1943		13 Oct 2008	65	3		3
Sound Editor	Terry Poulton	42	1930		1993	63	16	1	17
Sound Recordist	John Purchese	47	21 Feb 1925		21 Dec 2008	83	4		4
Wardrobe Mistress	Eileen Sullivan						2		2
Wardrobe Supervisor	Rosemary Burrows						36	5	41
Uncredited
Draughtsman	Alan Cassie	32	5 Jul 1940	05.07.1940		82		2	2
Production Runner	Philip Campbell	20	1952	01.01.1952		71		9	9
Production Secretary	Caroline Langley	26	9 Dec 1945	09.12.1945		77		1	1
Second Ast. Director	Graham Fowler	23	22 Mar 1949	22.03.1949		74		3	3
Third Ast. Director	Roger Stock							1	1
Unit Publicist	Edna Tromans	43	27 Feb 1929		21 Apr 2010	81		1	1

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
1st Girl	Jan Adair						1		1
1st Villager	John Atkinson	51	7 Oct 1921		12 May 2007	85	1		1
2nd Girl	Jane Cardew						1		1
2nd Villager	George Cormack	65	8 Aug 1907		27 May 1983	75	1		1
Aunt Hilda	Yvonne Mitchell	57	7 Jul 1915		24 Mar 1979	63	1		1
Carl Richter	Paul Jones	30	24 Feb 1942	24.02.1942		81	1		1
Coachman	Thomas Heathcote	65	9 Sep 1907		5 Jan 1986	78	4		4
Count Zorn	Robert Hardy	47	29 Oct 1925		3 Aug 2017	91	1		1
Countess Zorn	Sidonie Bond	35	1 Jan 1937	01.01.1937		86	1		1
Dr Falkenberg	Patrick Magee	50	31 Mar 1922		14 Aug 1982	60	1		1
Elizabeth Zorn	Gillian Hills	28	5 Jun 1944	05.06.1944		78	1		1
Emil Zorn	Shane Briant	26	17 Aug 1946		27 May 2021	74	4		4
Ernst	Barry Stanton	32	18 Feb 1940	18.02.1940		83	2		2
Fischinger	Robert Brown	51	23 Jul 1921		11 Nov 2003	82	6	1	7
Inge	Virginia Wetherell	29	9 May 1943	09.05.1943		80	2		2
Klaus	Kenneth J Warren	43	25 Sep 1929		27 Aug 1973	43	2		2
Magda	Deirdre Costello						1		1
Matronly Woman	Mary Hignett	56	31 Mar 1916		6 Jul 1980	64	2		2
Old Crone	Sheala Raynor	66	15 Mar 1906		17 Feb 1998	91	2		2
Priest	Michael Hordern	61	3 Oct 1911		2 May 1995	83	1		1
Uncredited
Girl	Glenda Allen	21	1951	01.01.1951		72		1	1
Villager	Fred Wood	51	26 Oct 1921		25 Jan 2003	81		19	19
Young Emil	Richard Beaumont	11	5 Jun 1961		26 Apr 2022	60		1	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	15 August 1971
UK RELEASE	5 November 1972
STUDIO	Elstree Studios of Associated British Picture Corporation, Hertfordshire, England
LOCATION	Wykehurst Park House, East Sussex, England	Zorn Manor
	Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England	Forest

Footnotes

Peter Sykes went on to direct Hammer’s last horror film, “To the Devil a Daughter” (1976).

Hammer appear to have been grooming Shane Briant for future stardom. He has parts in three more of their films “Straight on till Morning” (1972), “Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter” (1972) and “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell” (1973).

Michael (later Sir Michael) Hordern was a much respected stage and screen actor. His other films include “Scrooge” (1951), in which he played Marley’s ghost, “The Spy who Came in from the Cold” (1965) and “Theatre of Blood” (1973, with Vincent Price).

Paul Jones was previously the lead singer with the pop group “Manfred Mann”.

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection